CPOY 76 Team Picture Story Silver: Bryansk Region
The Bryansk Region is located in Central Russia southwest of Moscow and near the borders of Ukraine and Belarus. As a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, part of the territory the Bryansk region was contaminated with long-lived radionuclides. Currently, many of the residents continue to live in contaminated areas. During the Soviet era, it was a highly developed agricultural region. But after fall of the USSR it lost this importance.
Alexei is a parishioner of the Old Believer church in Novozybkov. Twenty years ago Alexei moved from the Orthodox Church, now officially dominant in Russia, to the Old Believers’ Church. Now he sings in the choir, takes an active part in divine services and solves organizational issues of the church. Alexei prepares the church for the beginning of the service and lights the chandelier.
